Jim Bell vindicated

[rysiek]

Yo,

Dnia środa, 6 maja 2015 08:17:15 Robert Hettinga pisze:
> (some not-that-bad analysis ellided)
>
> All of Arab “contributions” to “civilization” were derivative. The lateen
> sail was Roman (“Lateen”, geddit?), for instance. Damascus steel was Indian
> wootz steel.

Let me comment thusly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcvd5JZkUXY

> The Arabs' principal accomplishment, if you can call it that, was destroying
> the ancient world wherever they went, and replacing it with abject
> barbarism for most of a thousand years.

Now, now, in no small part Europe got reacquinted (in the ~11th-12th century) 
with Aristotle via Arabic translations. So, there's that.

-- 
Pozdrawiam,
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak

Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147
GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 931 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part.
URL: <http://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/attachments/20150506/9c3d54cc/attachment-0002.sig>